Crime rates have declined in 2024, with violent crime returning to pre-pandemic levels, and Trump is finally acknowledging the trend, but it’s important to recognize that the decline was driven by government investment in evidence-based strategies and not by Trump’s policies.
Freddie Gray was one of the seminal police killings when it occurred in Baltimore in 2016, leading…
By Julie McCaffrey NEW YORK CITY, NY – Rikers Island faced judicial scrutiny earlier this year when…
By The Vanguard Staff GREEN VALLEY, MN – A New York Times opinion piece this week notes,…
By The Vanguard Staff BALTIMORE, MD – After new, more sensitive DNA analysis, all charges were dropped…
By Ozzy Hernandez BALTIMORE – A Baltimore-based nonprofit news organization, The Real News Network, recently analyzed hundreds…
By Oliver Camarena BALTIMORE, MD – Marilyn Mosby, Baltimore City State’s Attorney since 2015, has announced her…
By Neha Malhi and Mathew Seibert BALTIMORE, MD – Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott has lauded the…
By Vanguard Staff BALTIMORE, MD – Despite the racial demographics of Baltimore, Blacks are overrepresented in arrests…
On Monday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered Justice Department officials to review reform agreements with various police…
Davis Police Chief Darren Pytel spent over two hours presenting to the Yolo County ACLU last night…
Those who believe that the police in the Freddie Gray incident were wrongly accused may have had…
Two Baltimore Police officers have now been acquitted in the death of Freddie Gray, including the only…
While there are some signs that increases in 2015 murder rates are reversing themselves, the Brennan Center…
The Brennan Center For Justice released an update to their November analysis on crime, where they argue…
The hung jury in the first trial of Baltimore police officers connected with the death of Freddie…
Police defenders will undoubtedly say “I told you so,” in arguing that the prosecutor overreached in charging…
The Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of Law has conducted an analysis of 2015…
Yesterday we learned that Baltimore has agreed to a $6.4 million settlement with the family of Freddie…
We have noted for the last few weeks a growing belief among many that murder rates are…